Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-08-05
NEWS IN GENERAL.
DOMESTIC.

tu recent meeting, agreed to erect q tablet
on the Boston Common, upon which It is pro
posed to suitably inscribe their appreciation
OF the hospitality of the BoStonians on the
occasion of the recent visit of the camp. The
officers of the Lee camp will ask permission
OF the Boston authorities to erect the proposed
tablet.
The mail coach going and the one coming
between Austin and Fredericksburg, Texas,
were stopped by a highwayman near Drip
ping Springs the other night, and the mail
pouches were robbed of their contents. The
h1ghwayman stopped the incoming driver
near where he was to meet the outgoing
coach. He kept him bound and gagged until
the other driver came up, when he also
stopped him. After deSpoiling the mail
pouches, the robber mounted his horse and
galloped off. The amount of his booty is not
known. Neither of the drivers claim to be
able to identify him, being too busy watch
ing the six-shooter levelled at their heads.
"A difpatch from Nebraska City saws a
mob of citizens from Craig, Mo-, have two
morse thieves surrounded in forest in Iowa,
10 miles from Nebraska City The mob is
thoroughly aroused. There is no doubt but
that the thieves will lie promptly lynched
when taken.
A large portion of Augusta, Ga, is under
water. The loss to the corporation is "a
OOO; to citizens, 900, and to far, ,,ers along
the river about 81, 500 dH1 '-'''- '''''' . .
Of StePhen n1 ;. ace, juniormember of the firm
--rCli1g press manufacturers, died at the
nome of his father, Peter S. Hoe, at Tarry-
town. Mr.. Hoe was born in New York in
1856, and was grandson of Robert Hoe the
founder of the firm who came TO New York
from England in 1903. Upon the death Of
Robert Hoe, his eldest$on, Richard NJ. UNI
Gle of the deceased, became the head of the
firm. Stephen entered the employ of the
firm as an agent and six months ago became
junior partner, His interest seemed centred
in his business and he never married. Two
years ago he took charge Of the Chicago
branch of the business, and in a short time
built it up to twice its former value. His
father, p ter S, Hoe, is the only survivor of
the first Robert Hoes three sons, and is, in
fact the only member Of the family now be-
longing to the firm. He has four younger
sons, however, who will probably soon be
admitted,
A dispatch from Augusta, Ga, says: For
some weeks past there has been a movement
on foot to lynch the three Mormons of whom
so much has been written of late. The other
night band of about 90 powerful country
men surrounded the house in which they
were stopping. A man named Anderson
came out in his night clothes, followed by
the three Mormons, and warned the crowd
not to approach his house. Spencer, the
leader of the Mormons then said that they
were only carrying out the will of God, who
had sent them, and that the newspaper stories
about their preaching were without founda-
ton, and that they only asked to be heard be-
fore anything was done with them. He fol-
lowed this with earnest pleading The talk
was so etfectual that the party sneaked off in
the woods and repaired to their homes, leav-
'ng the Mormons masters of the situation
The steamer Umbria, from Liverpool,
which arrived at New York on Sunday, met
with tidal wave or cyclonic squall. The
wind was blowing from the west at the time
The wave was seen for more than 10 minutes
before it reached the vessel, giving the Off
GERS ample time to prepare for it. 1t struck
the vessel with great force, carrying away
portion of the bridge and forward hatch,
and flooding the forward cabins and sjeerage.
Owing to the accident and fog the Umbria
was delayed about 20 hours,
Miss Bessie Power of Boston, and another
young lady, were drowned off Prospect, N. s.
McGarigle, the Chicago boodler, turns up
at Sarnia, Ont. he had narrow escapes from
detectives.
Secretary Whitney has appointed two
young officers to go to France and study to
become assistant naval constructors.
On the occasion of the anti-prohibition
state barbecue at Fort Worth, Texas, a
strong letter was read from Jefferson Davis
to Ex-Governor Lubbock, denouncing pro
hibition on the ground that the world is
governed too much. Senator Reagan says
the Davis letter has cost prohibition thous
lnds of votes in Texas.
A train from the East struck wagon, neal
Lake View, Mich. containing two ladies, two
gentlemen and a little girl, and killed the two
ladies. The little girl cannot live. The la
dies were carried 1l3 feet and thrown down
an embankment The men were not serious
ly hurt The scene of the accident shows
parts of human beings strewn along the track
making most horrible sight.
Charles H. Reed, one of the lawyers who
defended Guiteau, attempted suicide by
jumping into the North river from a Penn
sylvania railroad ferryboat. He was rescued
and taken to the Chambers Street Hospital
The paddle wheel of the ferryboat strucl
Reed on the head inhicting a serious wound
The New York World says that Mrs. E. L.
Fernandez, the actress, has fallen heir to al
estate in England worth $250,000.
| Judge Bond, of Baltimore, has decided tha
Thomas Virgins, known all over the worlC
| as blind Tom" the negro pianist, shall bC
| delivered on or before Aug. l6 into the Gus
tody of Eliza Bethune, who represents Charit,
| Virgins, the mother of Blind Tom, and tina
James W. Bethune, who has had charge o
| him, shall at the same time pay over to Mrs
Bethune the sum of $1,000 for past services.
A small elevator in the Bremen tanning
works at St Louis Mo-, in which seven girl
| and man were crowded fell distance O
40 feet. The president Of the company ha
his skull fractured, and Annie Moran, giI
of Is, was mangled in terrible manner
/ Several of the other girls are in critica
| condition.
Bids have been reopened at the navy de
partment for the purchase of condemned YES
sells. The following are t. re highest amount
offered: Burdette Pond, Meriden, CT. $18
255 for the Powhattan; Thomas Butler
Co., Boston, $500 for the Ticonderoga W
7, Garratt, San Francisco, S18,002 for tn
Shenandoah; S1S,002 for the Lackawanna
Sl6,500 for the Wachusett. There was no bi
for the Tennessee. All the bids are aboveth
appraised values of the vessels.
Lawyer Reed, who defended Guiteau, ha
been discharged from Bellevue Hospital i
the custody of friends.
At a picnic of the Hungarian Schuetzer
bund at Union Park in Harlem, the picnicker
became involved in quarrel with the waiter
and management over the price of the dinner
Members of the Schuetzenbund drew thei
swords, and these weapons revolvers ant
stones were freely used. Several person
were injured, but as far Us known non
fatally. A squad of police charged til
crowd and arrested 27 persons.
A dam burst on the mountain, letting tn
water down into the village of Parsons, Pa
The whole town was flooded and the peop
had to flee for their lives. A little girl we
drowned.
Mrs. Lille Schlimmer, a 16-year-old wifi
has been murdered by her youthful husban
in Jersey City. The couple were marie
without the consent of the girls parents an
she refused to leave the parental home. H
therefore shot her as she was walking in I'll
street with her grandmother.
A. J. Whitman, boollkeeper for the Centr
Telephone Company of New York, has bee
arrested for forging two checks for $40 ,O(
each.